Top Colleges Overlook Low-Income Students - NYTimes.com

Top Colleges Overlook Low-Income Students - NYTimes.com: "The United States no longer leads the world in educational attainment, partly because so few low-income students — and surprisingly few middle-income students — graduate from four-year colleges. Getting more of these students into the best colleges would make a difference. Many higher-income students would still graduate from college, even if they went to a less elite one. A more educated population, in turn, would probably lift economic growth."